diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3b703aac..99b1742e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
             python3 -m venv venv
             . venv/bin/activate
             pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install -r requirements.txt
+            pip install -r requirements_ci.txt
             pip install conda
             pip install pytest
             pip install pytest-cov
diff --git a/tstfile b/tstfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b